The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
9:02 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 125.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 8.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.34° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.69° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.